On Friday the 43-year-old restaurant and bar announced some changes: work will begin soon on a new barrel house in the Stadium District. The new space will expand their brewing capacity. It will also house a new barrel room.

At study session this week the Tacoma City Council will hear an update from the Washington Department of Ecology on the Tacoma Smelter Plume Project. Ecology will share progress on soil sampling and yard and park cleanups so far, and on upcoming work to

Each month, our speaker will pick a car and offer a fascinating peek into its history. Join us the first Tuesday of each month, and explore the story of cars with Museum curators, staff, or local personalities over lunch.
Join us for Buick - The Cornerstone of General Motors

​Singers! Ukulele Players! Loved Ones and Delighted Listeners! Come Join the Circus!All are welcome to sing, play uke if you’ve got one, or just sit back and enjoy the madness. Lead sheets and disco ball are provided. We end the evening with an open mic..Entry is $8, which is only to cover the

Meet local author and TBI survivor, Mia Dalene Marcum-McCoy, at a special dessert and coffee reception to be held at the Brain Energy Support Team. Hear Marcum-McCoy discuss her recently published book, “Phenomenal Brain Power: From Brain Injury to Brain Awakening,” her inspirational account of

The 8th annual South Sound Sustainability Expo is a great place to explore resources for sustainable living in the South Sound region. Attend and interact with over 75 business, organizations, and individuals working towards environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This year we will have

Last week the City Council made Hvar, Croatia Tacoma's 13th Sister City. We wrote about it in our City Council meeting notes, and it looks like someone in Hvar is paying attention too. This week a website on the other side of the relationship posted about it on the blog Total Hvar. Fortunately it's in English, so we can read it too.

If you're interested in knowing more about Tacoma's newest sibling city (or as the Hvar post refers to us, their new "twin town"), this looks like a great place to start. And Hvar looks like it might be a great place for a trip.

New life will be coming to the corner of 15th and Pacific: Sound Physicians has signed an 11 year lease for space in the Umpqua Bank building across the street from Pacific Grill and the United Way Building.

Sound Physicians' CEO Rob Bessler, MD had some glowing things to say about Tacoma: “Downtown Tacoma is becoming a more vibrant city with a nice mix of local offerings for our colleagues with shorter commute times and lower costs than in Seattle— it has been a great place to grow our organization. We’re fortunate to work in such a beautiful spot surrounded by views of Commencement Bay, the Olympic Mountains and Mount Rainier.”

The organization will be moving its 150 employees just a few blocks from its current location at 11th and Pacific to the new space, Which will give it room to grow.

The BBC is in town, and they want to know all of Tacoma's hidden secrets. The BBC Pop Up van is an experimental concept by the BBC. They've been travelling the US, finding cities that don't normally get a whole lot of international media attention, and spending a month there trying to really get to know them. And Tacoma is the last of six cities on the tour.

The BBC Pop Up crew looks for local stories to share with their global audience - preferably things that are unique and off the beaten track.

Their first stories are starting to appear now. What else should they share about Tacoma?

The Kalakala is now dismantled, never to be fully reassembled. But it's not completely gone. Seattle restauranteur Gerry Kingen will be preserving some significant pieces of the historic ferry.

Kingen plans to assemble the pieces - including the wheelhouse, the rudder, and the 30-foot long crank shaft - into a kind of walk-through public art installation near Salty's at Alki Beach, which he owns.

It's not exactly putting the Kalakala back on the water, but this seems like as close as it's going to get.